FOCUS: 9/11, TWENTY YEARS LATER
In a compelling personal account of the 9/11 attacks, one FSO offers tactics for surviving when catastrophe strikes.
BY NANCY OSTROWSKI
The war on terror fundamentally changed U.S. diplomacy, leaving a trail of collateral damage to America’s readiness for future challenges.
BY LARRY BUTLER
In retrospect, 9/11 did not foreshadow the major changes that now drive U.S. foreign policy and national security strategy.
BY ANTHONY H. CORDESMAN
Drawing from two tours, a decade apart, a veteran diplomat explores the competing visions for Afghanistan.
BY KEITH W. MINES
The State Department’s failure to effectively staff and run interventions has a long history. Four critical lessons can be drawn from the post-9/11 experience.
BY RONALD E. NEUMANN
FS KNOW-HOW
As old as the United States itself, whistleblowing has protections worth knowing about.
BY ALAIN NORMAN AND RAEKA SAFAI
FS HERITAGE
In the 1992 FSJ, Ambassador Joe Lake describes setting up the U.S. embassy in Ulaanbaatar. Today he and his son explore how that relationship was built.
BY JOSEPH E. LAKE AND MICHAEL ALLEN LAKE
PERSPECTIVES
Reform Can’t Wait: No Time to Waste
BY ERIC RUBIN
When Everything Changed
BY SHAWN DORMAN
The Remonstrating Official
BY TED OSIUS
An Old Friend
BY BRIANNA HOGAN
Right of Boom: A Bomb and a Book
BY STEPHEN G. MCFARLAND
AFSA NEWS
Revitalizing the Core Precepts
BY TOM YAZDGERDI
The Future of USAID: Three Scenarios
BY JASON SINGER
The Retiree Agenda for 2021-2023
BY JOHN NALAND
